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Mountainsmap® Profile MountainsMap® Profile 2D profilometry software for laboratory scanning profilometers (contact and non-contact) State of the art metrology for 2D profilometers View primary, waviness and roughness profiles Study profile geometry Calculate 2D surface texture parameters according to the latest standards Secure batch processing Add modules for advanced analysis Automate analysis and publish results easily MountainsMap Profile Analyze surface geometry and texture Distances, angles, areas, step heights, roughness, bearing ratio, depth distribution Visualization of measurement data Visualize primary, roughness and waviness profiles independently. Step heights before leveling Level a profile, invert it on the X or Z axis, zoom in on a section, set thresholds to remove anomalous spikes, resample to achieve better resolution, and retouch points on the profile. Geometric analysis Measure distances, height differences, slopes, angles, areas of peaks and holes, and up to six step height measurements on a single profile. Functional analysis The Abbott-Firestone bearing ratio curve and depth distribution histogram facilitates the analysis of friction and wear. Roughness parameters Calculate the most commonly used 2D parameters: ISO 4287 primary profile, waviness and roughness parameters (Ra, Rq, Rsk, Rmr, Rdc, Rdq, RPc, etc.) and ASME B46.1 2D parameters. Automatic step height calculations Measured profile Primary profile: Form removed + ls filtered Roughness Waviness Standard surface texture analysis in MountainsMap Profile including LS form removal, separation of roughness and waviness profiles and calculation of ISO 4287 roughness parameters. Material ratio and depth distribution 2 MountainsMap Profile Highly intuitive desktop publishing environment Full metrological traceability, powerful automation features Visual analysis reports Powerful, automation features Build a visual analysis report as you analyze the profile, Once an analysis report has been completed it can be working in a comfortable desktop publishing applied as a template to automate the analysis of multiple environment. Frames contain the 2D profiles under measurement data files. study, analytical studies, surface texture parameters, Templates that are applied by operators in a workshop or illustrations and measurement identity cards. production environment can be locked to prevent modification. Smart user environment Pass/fail with tolerancing The smart user environment - with logical top-down organization of all functions and contextual object- Pass/fail criteria with tolerances can be defined for any oriented ribbons – means that you can go from idea to parameter. Green/red pass fail traffic lights are displayed action with minimum effort. automatically and the parameter value and tolerance Work in portrait or landscape format, or on full screen limits are shown graphically. mode for maximum comfort. Work in your own language – the user interface provide a Data export first level of help – is available in ten languages. In addition, a complete reference manual with illustrations Frames and pages can be exported as bitmaps. Finished and examples can be accessed simply by pressing the F1 reports can be exported in PDF and RTF formats for easy circulation. key. All numerical results, including pass/fail status, are Full metrological traceability accessible in the Results Manager panel and can be exported in Excel-compatible text files for interfacing with Every analysis step is recorded in a hierarchical analysis 3rd party software including quality management software workflow to assure full metrological traceability. Analysis (SPC). steps in the workflow can be fine tuned at any time. All dependent steps are recalculated automatically. Pagesextracted from analysis reports 3 MountainsMap Profile MountainsMap Profile Optional Modules For advanced and specialized applications + 2D advanced surface texture module Advanced 2D analytical studies and filters Primary profile ● Apply advanced 2D filtering techniques – remove form and apply roughness/waviness filters from Gaussian to ISO 16610 – apply morphological filters – denoise profiles using the FFT plot editor. Waviness profile ● 2D Fourier analysis for studying process-surface interaction - frequency spectrum – power spectrum density – autocorrelation – intercorrelation. ● Analyze fractal dimensions of profiles using the Roughness profile enclosing boxes and morphological envelopes methods. ● Compatibility with 3D profilers – display of pseudo- color images of 3D surfaces – extraction of 2D profiles from these surfaces. ● Overcome measurement limits virtually – join ISO 16610 filtering techniques with end effect management overlapping profiles. ● Generate statistics on series of profiles – the profiles in the series can be extracted from a series of surfaces or from the same surface. ● MATLABTM compatibility – use MatlabTM scripts to define custom filters for 2D profiles - execute the scripts in MountainsMap. Frequency spectrum showing periodicities + 2D Automotive module 2D functional parameters and studies ● Calculate 2D parameters developed by the automotive industry - ISO 13565-2 Rk parameters (Rk, Rpk, Rvk, etc.) - ISO 13565-3 parameters – ISO 12085 motifs parameters (R, AR, Rx, etc.) – ISO 12780 straightness parameters (STRt, etc.) – ISO 12781 roundness parameters (RONt, etc.). ● Study Rk parameters associated with wear and lubrication graphically - visualize friction, core and lubrication zones on tribological profiles. Graphical study of Rk parameters 4 MountainsMap Profile + Contour analysis module Straightforward component dimensioning ● Define nominal form of a profile using straightforward interactive tools to associate geometric elements with contours. ● Calculate dimensions (including distances, radii, diameters and angles) using autodimensioning and interactive tools. Geometric dimensioning of a lead screw + Advanced contour analysis module Comprehensive form deviation analysis ● All features in the Contour Analysis module. ● Compare measured contours with CAD data (DXF) or user-defined nominal form. ● Specify tolerances including large positional tolerances if required. ● Visualize form deviations easily with magnified graphics. ● Automatically generate a table of results including pass/fail status. ● Gothic arch analysis of bearings. Magnified form deviation graphics & table of results + Statistics module Multiple static/dynamic data populations ● Prepare data automatically using templates – include all parameters for statistical analysis in a predefined analysis workflow - use it as a template for automatically generating analysis reports - option to lock templates for secure use on factory floor. ● Generate statistical reports – select the static or dynamic population(s) to be analyzed and create a report with parameter tables, control charts, histograms, box plots and scatter plots as required – statistics for dynamic populations are updated automatically. ● Monitor key metrological and process parameters - Control chart for Rq parameter in three small populations control charts include standard deviation limits (1 to 3 sigma), control limits and vertical bars separating different populations, together with yield, capability (Cpk) and other parameters. 5 MountainsMap Profile Selected standard and optional features MountainsMap® Profile Compatibility Contact (stylus) and non-contact (chromatic confocal, auto-focusing, laser triangulation, single point WLI) 2D (x,z) profilometers –plus (with 2D Advanced Surface Texture Analysis option): 3D (x,z) profilometers (profiles can be extracted from surfaces for 2D analysis) Smart desktop publishing Frame-based desktop publishing environment – logical top-down organization of all functions – user environment contextual-object oriented ribbons – multi-language user interface (EN, FR, DE, ES, IT, PL, JP, CN, KR, BR) – integrated reference manual (EN, FR, DE, JP) - automatic analysis of series of measurements using templates – library of common analysis sequences - single-click in-document navigation via page viewer - analysis workflow for full metrological traceability - tolerances for any parameter with pass/fail traffic lights – Frame and page bitmap export (up to 1200 dpi) - Excel-compatible ASCII export of numeric results – PDF and RTF export of multi-page documents – standard and user-defined portrait, landscape and onscreen page formats – master page with common elements (logo, etc.) - Auto-save Profile visualization Primary, roughness and waviness profiles (x,z) Data preparation Level profile - invert axes (x, z) – zone extraction - thresholding for removing anomalies - resampling to increase resolution – retouching of isolated artifacts Geometric analysis of Horizontal and oblique distance, height difference, slope between two points, angle with respect to X profiles axis, etc. - multiple step height measurements on positive steps (bumps) and negative steps (holes) using ISO 5436-1, automatic and manual methods - area of peaks and holes Surface texture analysis of Form removal – configurable roughness/waviness filters - ISO 4287 primary, waviness and roughness profiles profile parameters - ASME B46.1 2D parameters - older 2D parameters - Abbott-Firestone curve - depth distribution histogram MountainsMap® Profile Optional Modules 2D Advanced Surface ISO 16610 2D roughness/waviness filters – morphological filters - 2D Fourier analysis including Texture frequency spectrum and power spectrum density - FFT plot editor – profile data correction tools – profile
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